outside the white house this afternoon. >> you can see the secret service hunched over a man who is just outside the gates. thiss the north it happened while the president was inside. secret service said he was not in any danger. >> dar spencer liv for us tonight with the latest on the investigation right now. he's in custody. is that right? >> reporter: well, that's right, jim. a very big difference in terms of what it looks like now compar h to just af an hour ago. we're right here along 17th street very close to the white house. you can see all the roads are reopened. the incident has cleared. things are getting back to normal. we want to take you back just a couple of hours ago when this incident was unfolding and the secretervice first realized that something was happening. a man like you said with an electronic wheelchair type scooter set his outer jacket on fire. apparently we're told he s sitting along pennsylvania avenue along the north fence line right around 3:00 this afternoon. as youan imagine, there were secret service officers there

veryuickly and they were able to put the fire out and give aid to thisu suspect. an see that in that video. the c. fire/ems took him to the hospital. he is expected to be unfolding. the entire area had to beea d, lafayette park, lafayette square and the north lawn. that's where reporters do their afternoon live shots. even they had to leave the area. now, again, everything is cleared at this point. the suspect i in the hospital. we're told that he had some sort of mental health emergency. ere was no threat to the president. back to you. >> darcy, thanks so much. now to the forecast. storm team 4 radar just lighting up with lots of rain. it's going to impact your friday night. >> how is that weekend looking for snus? >> the weekend is looking okay already tonight many games canceled tonight. i know all of montgomery county fields are canceled. my kids games canceled. be okay. i think shoul but if you've got early games,

they could be canceled as well because of all the rain we're going to see tonight. take a look out there now. storm team 4 tracking stywer actiow in through parts of southern maryland, in and around the d.c. metro area. most of this is on the light side. hagerstown down toch jefferson county west virnia. severe weather just west of raleigh. these thunderstorms moving our y. i'm not expecting much in the way of thunder and lightning tonight. we could see a little. what i am expecting is heavier rain. i also think the nationals game tonight could be canceled. it's supposed to start in about twoours. that's exactly when this area of rain is supposed to move in towards our region. we'll continue to watch it for you. expectt you know what to ste rest of the weekend. 'r iacn twehe death of a prominent local philantoropist. arli county police revealing she may have been drugged and smothered. she was found dead six months

ago. a death initially appearing to be from natural causes. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey joins us from where she' been speaking to penny holloway's neighbors. jules. to her ter: wend neighbors here on north scott street and to the broader community, as you said, ahe was know penny holloway, but neighbors here now surprised and trouo learn that arlington police consider her death a homicide because they had been under the impression a along that she took her own this photo shows penny holloway as many knew her dressed up for aala for one of the many haritable organizations she supporte friends say she was outgoing and generous, but on september 29th, a friend found holloway d in her town home. she s lying on the couch. at first police believe the 72-year-old philanthropist died of natural causes until they began to look at the evidence and got the medical kpexaminer'

report. the ruling, homicide from smothering. >> as they collected evidence, spoke to witnesses, we've now e reclassified this as a ngmicide. >> aolloway's neighbors, there had been a different theory about her death. >> that was the general understanding. she had seral ongoi medical conditions, chronic pain being one of them and that, you know, she just didn't want to continue living that way. >> several neighbors tell news they believe holloway planned her death and they wonder if it was an aisted suicide. they say in the weeks before s died, she gave away most of her worldly possessions, her art,cl hing, and car. news 4 found this court document revealg she even deeded her house over to two of her friends. thiseighbor who had believed holloway took her own life now troubled to learn police coider this a homicide. and again, neighborsroubled by

this additional news that someone might have been involved their neighbor's death. now, police will not tell me whether they have any suspectr suspects in mind, but they do yurn sco ot erscore the fact they do believe there is any threat to the community. >> do they think that they named it a homicide or they're calling it classifying it as a homicide. is itecause someone may have assisted her in a suicide if that's where she was hoping to go? >> reporter: yeah. i posed that question to police and all they willay is that someone had a hand in her death. they will not comment on what the neighbors are saying about whether or not this could be an ed suicide. >> but there was no sign of struggle at the house, was there? >> reporter: no. there was no sign of foul play at the beginning. again, that's why they thought it wasur n causes coupled with the fact that she was 72

years old. but as they began to analyze t evidence, they began to believe that there might be a homicide then came the medical kpexamines report. now they're waiting for evidence to come back. police are searching for ssible victims after a man has been charged with several sex saults. one happened while he was out on bond. montgomery county policel tel ausstin vann attacked women. in the first attack aoman says he lured her to an empty apartment to collect belongings she left at a party. then in january a wan says she met vann in social media. she left a drunk unattended in a restaurant. she tells police she was raped by him. he's being held at a detention center while awaiting trial. your credit card numbers are treating others to shopping sprees. fairfax county police are using recent cases of credit card fraud to encourage retailers to

change their approach. our northern virgini reporter has a story from tysons. >> watch this surveillance veo from inside a store. the two seemingly honest customers trying out a credit card. when it does not work, one of the men examines it as if to suggest it might have m malfunctioned. then they try another card and another until one works. >> they take the cards themselves and they change it in some way. >> the fairfax county police, tysons urban team is using the now closed case to educate retailers of the growing credit card fraud. eveir office within tysons filled with ence, hundreds of fraudulent credit cards seized. >> they're grabbing items and then taking them up and flopping them down on a cashth register 's kind of an indicator that they aren't really shopping and they'rpe noting their own money. >> the effort under way is to encourage store clerks attheck out t when the machine says it cannot read a credit card chip to avoid swiping or punching in the customer's card

number manually. >>ou don't code anything on to the magnetic strip so they'll try to convince the k clerk toey in the number on the front. >> and the clerk will do that? >> a lot ofs, ti yeah. most store policies are not to do that ever, but they'll still do it. there are things you as a customer should be doing. >> if your credit card company has instant notifications of all transactions that are made, you on and turn that feature pay attention to it. >> in tysons virginia, david culver, news 4. police are also warning the thieves can use your cacdit card unt numbers to open up store credit so they suggest signing up for tret immediatet report alert that's out there. president trump is giving serious thought tono a plan that a former homeland security official from his owna nistration called, quote, so illegal. the president suggesting that they may detain migrants who cross the southn border illegally. the so-called sanctuary cities.

bat move wou political retribution against democrats who the president says won't change current immigration laws. the special speaking this afternoon at the whitee. >> they came across the border illegally, we'll bring them to sanctuary city areas and let that particular area take care of it. let's see if they're so s happy. they we have open arms. they're always saying they have open arms.ee let's s if they have open arm. >> we'll take a closer look at this one. and another controversial proposal in the half hour with nbc's kelly o'odnnell. the state of maryland honored a fallen hero's sacrifice. jackie bensen met oliver smith jr.'s father. the say his's killers were arrested. she explained how his grief has propelled him and his wife to dedicating their lives to helping others in yin. >> febru 26, 1997.

27-year-old d.c. police officer left the district police station on his way home to his wife and son. he was confrond in the apartment complex by three robbers one of whom had a gun. while searching for his wallet, they foundis gun and police badge. that's when they shot him three times in the head. 22 years after his murder a success of route 337, allentown road invi foree, has been formallyffedicated to oicer oliver smith, jr. it's a t tribute the young officer's sacrifice and also to the extraordinary efforts of those he left behind. his parents have for two decades been passionate advocates for crime victims as well as working tirelessly to support the families of slain law enforcement officers, all of it while they waged a battlekeo their son's killers behind bars as they repeatedly came up for parole. >> every time i go back itho courtroom, i'm not a survivor anymore. i revert back to a victim.

until i get back in there ain. >> alvoliver smith senior is battling pankree -- cancer. >> the tumor shrunk pby 50%. we've been a on quite journey. i'm not done yet. >> you'll see those signs up on allentown road in the next couple of months. what an inspiration this family is. lost so much. gives so much back. >> and the fact that i'm glad his tumor is shrinking b jause that wt a year later from the original you saw. i know he's struggling, so this must really give him strength. >> and he knows that so many people in the d.c. area, they've given so much. they're rooting for him, praying for him, sending positive thoughts. >> good to see that legacy. >> yeah. >> great. thank you, jackie.

>> what a wonderful story. well, widening the belt way, it could cut t time you motorists sit in traffic by 1/3, but it's going to impact those who live nearby.o we're going hear from those people who could be losing their homes or their businesses just to help your commute. plus you know union is a place to eat and drink. well, soon it's going to be a place to play. see how the building's roof top is being reimagined. thissi legislative s prince george's county got more money for education than it has in recenthi ory. i'm tracee wilkins. coming up on news 4, what they're going to do with it. and heading out on your friday night, m ge sure tob the umbrella. here's the latest check of storm team 4 radar with mainly just scattereder sh but some heavy rain is possible a 10:t00

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after this past legislative session in annapolis. the county got more than a billion dollars in state aid and a lot of it is headed to education. our prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins reports they got suggestions on how to spend it from the student whose nd it most. >> working together we brought home more than $1.5 billion in state aid to prince george's county. >> reporter: today a prince george's county leadersce and thehave a lot of money to spend after a successful state legislative session in annapolis. a good portion of that money is going to schools in need of assistance like beacon heights elementary in riverdale. >> we had three pre-k classes, ree full day pre-k classes but over the years with the funding we were one of the schools that lost the full day funding. >> reporter: the principal says program funding is not her only issue. she also has a school building

or originally built in the 1950s with very little done to it since. >> we're on a boiler system. it tends to get very hot in this room and the kindergarten room ts so hot crayons melted on the floor. >> reporter: today leaders discussed where they want to see the $50 million in school funding go. some elementary students raised their hands with their own suggests. >> i asked is there going to be more aftercare and after school program. >> would they be abl to fund more field trips for schools? >> my question was is the school going to change? >> as the grownups decide to where spend what, they got some good guidance today from the kids they're trying to help. >> my kid deserves better than that. >> reporter: while this legislative session was good for the county. th coe and county executive says there's more work to be done,r specifically money fo

infrastructure. they're going back for that in the next session. in riverdale, i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. all right, doug. boy, are those clouds outth e? it is busy and thick behind us. >> it's only going tor get thicd busi busier. it's going to be a nasty night. if you arelanning on heading to the nationals game, be ready. a lot asking abouthat about e caps? i did it again. what about the nationals? they play outside. the caps game will get in no problem. that's tomorrow at 3:00 by the way. we take on the hurricanes one out there now tracking the rain. not a whole lot going on in the wty itself. you can seet's happening here. nothing here. not much in the way of rain. we've got a couple of showers here. some showers back to the west. heavier rain right now in jefferson county and towards loudon county. we also have showers around

loreai this is a severe thunderstorm warning that is going to move well to the north and wt of mostf our region here. this is the potomac river here arndaw paw. this will move up to the north, but there is a chance we could see a couple of stronger storms. had some lightning with it earlier. i'm not expecting much tonight. heavy rain through -- watch what happens as it moves through our region. strong thunderstorms. the hweakening,ever, they're moving our way and by around 8:00, 9:00, we'll be seeing some heavy rain come on through. let's time on o. 6:00 not much going on help storms back to the west inanbout hour or so moving to the east ar8:. that's why i'm concerned about

theou natndionals game tonight. probably going to start the game. could get through about two or threennings. then we'll have a delay. the rain is not going to stop until aut 10:00. then we may see some dryingit cons, but it's going to be really wet. rain moves back in. look what happensround 7:00 a.m. still seeing the rain. if you're getting up to wrrow morninch out. the rain will continue. some moderate rain. by 11:00 it's out of here and we are looking at one nice saturday. tomorrow a high of 77. i re ly think you'll get som really nice weather. we've been seeing 80 degree temperatures tomorrow if we get enough sshine. heads up there. morning shower and then late rain tomorro night. at is overnight tomorrow into early monday. 76 during the afternoon. ast of sundaernoon not looking bad. tuesday isit looking great the high of 70. there it is, guys. i said it.

58 times the wrong way. capsame tomorrow. 3:00. >> at ts park. >> right. >> all right, doug. coming up, crater sized way.les on the bw park we've seen them for weeks now causing big headaches for drivers. ahead at 5:00, the new federal official tasked with overseeing those roads talks about repairs now. >> and say what?si the controv proposal from the white house to deal with an influx of immigrants at the border. nbc's kelly i o'donnell going to be joining us to tell us about that. and that programming note, join us right here tomorrow for special coverage of theaps playoff game. >> our pregame show starts at 2:30. the puck drops at 3:00. the puck drops at 3:00. os'll have pame reaction on

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an annual tradition in maryland and it's going on now. peeps of course the candy that often ends up in the easter baskets. at the peepshow, people do all sorts of things with them. creating dioramas and "game of thrones" events and stuff like that. it'sulous. this event is a fund-raiser for the county arts center. it runs through april3rd. go check it out. >> i smell a sugar coma right

there. it's one of the most stressful jobs you can have, a bein doctor. all week long we've been showing you different ways you can destress. tonight news 4 mark segraves shows us howhree local physicians unwind. >> they call themselves one note samba, butost people just call them doctor. four of the members of this band are doctors at med star washington hospital center. the leader of the band, dr. robert bind, speciales in helpin arthritis patients. >> i'm in joints by day and joints by night. itllay a l piano. >> we askedow good the band is. >> we're very good doctors, but we're musicians that just love playing. >> to give you an idea of how good the band actually , the guy playing bongo is on the original drummer from jefferson airplane and dr. mark schlossberg, a neurologist, has

plain at carnegie hall. >> music is a tough career. i have a friend now playing in the san francisco symphony and we knew each in high school. i remember way back then when i was 17 and when i was 18 and i said well, i'm probably going to go to medical school and he said you're taking the easy way out. >> dr. john asap, a rehab spe specialist, says there's a healing component to music. >> sound and touch are important because they trigger emotional responses, sometimes responses people can't articulate. >> they started out playing hospital benefit s,show but now playbout once a month at restaurants and nightclubs and they draw a crowd. as for what tds future h for these doctors/musicians, none of them are planning to give up their day jobs yet. >> i won't be injecting joints at 80, but i'll be playing the

piano still. >> mark segraves, news 4. >> they error quiare quite tale. i know bob buntingho is the rheumatoid tli rheumatoid arthritis specialist. i entdon't know when he sleeps. he's busy. even when it was early, it was too late for them.'s working for for years people have fished, kayaked and paddle boarded all while taking in the sights along the potomac river. why fletcher's cove is nown danger of drying up. imagine going from college park to bethesda in rush hour in less than 15 minutes. maryland sayset can mak it maryland sayset can mak it ippen, but

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plus an advanced voice remote and a netflix premium plan on us for a year. so switch to fios and get entertainment delivered like no one else on the 100% fiber-optic network. go to getfios.com today to get started. storm team 4 rad tracking e shower activity around our region. we'll contue to see the showers moving through from time to time. most of them on the light side, but back to the west around frederick county we're seeing these. showers towards page county. watch out there. heavy downpours. this is allegheny county up towards the north and west of our area. that's until 6:00 tonight. the wider view showing more strong storms and heavier rain. is will all be moving in right around 7:00, 8:00 tonight.

we'll time it out if you're oing to the nationals game tonight tomorrow the caps game tomorrow. we've got your forecast for you comi up in a fminutes. >> doug, thank you. it's a plan that is designed to improve theho commute for who live, work, or even pass through maryland. >> but a new stu out finds adding toll lanes to i-270 and thay belt could force maryland's governor to break a promise he has repeatedly mad to people who live near those routes. >> news 4 cory smith was in silver spring today to look at the details of this. >> reporter: you may not want to live near the b way, all that noise all the time, but there no place like home, even with the noisybo neighr next door. >> the resourcesreround here a much better than anywhere else. >> he's only lived here for two years, but he's already thinking of his next move. his hom is among the 34 that o relocat would have in order to make room for the belt way a expansion. >> this is my hom now. it wouldn't make any sense to

rush us to go somewhere else. >> reporter: expansion is governor hogan's remedy to rycongestion. nd is studying seven proposals and nearly all of them involve adding toll. lan each one could reduce the time you and you spend in rush hour traffic by aned estim 20%. some plans would cut it by nearly 35%. imagineoloing fromlege park to bethesda in rush hour in less than 15 minutes. it almost sounds too good to be true. some residents say it is, especially sce governor hogan has said eminent domain would not bees nry. nate cooper's home is a few door us down from theelt way. while he's opposed to the expansion, he says for the grceter good sacri have to be made. >> it's easy to say when you're four houses away from the project itself. it's just the way it is. >> reporter: try telling that te someone l montero. >> it's not right. here recently. >> that was cory smith

reporting. meanwhile on the other side of the potomac, congresswoman jennifer wexton says a new setback on thein silver is unw ceptable. a sue with concrete pedestals at the future dulles airport stop, those pedestals have apparently been constructed without internal reinforcement. thosel pedestals w secure glass walls on the first level and glad wind screens on the second. this latest issue means the contractor is unlikely to hit its august deadline. let's go back toig twoy controversial and potentially illegal proposals that the white house apparently considered regarding immigration and the president is still talking about it. thst fould put illegal immigrants into sanctuary cities as political payback. the other nbc news reporting would house them in tent cities maintained by the u.s.s militar. le get the late skpeft sost and

this out. the white house was reported to say thi o was dead arrival as soon as it came up. the president's talking about it like something he's savoring. where are we? >> reporter: he is saying that he is seriously looking at the possibility of when under federal law migrents who being detained must be released transporting themo somehow sanctuary cities around the country which are typically in democratic strongholds and sanctuary cities typically do not enforce federal immigrationh lawsce the name sanctuary. it is a relationship that has allowed immigrant communities to feel more safe. the president ist saying tha this is something he's looking at. why it's illegal right now is thtue isn't a funning struc to do this. the i.c.e. agency, immigration and customs enforcement, does not have the authority to do this and so asking them to do s would be unlawful and the white house is saying that those legal constraints have not stopped the president fngm tal about this as an idea. in part, he describes it as a

way for especially those sanctuary cities that have embraced immigrant communities to try to relieve some of the pressure at the border, but democrats see it a political retribution and also playing to the president's own political base. so thisng is somet the president is talking about even today after the administration says there isn't a lawful plan to carry it out. >> and of course house speaker nancy pelosi represents san francisco and san francisco is a sanctuarou city, so can see how she would view that as political retribution. another plan as nbc was reporting, have the military running tent camps for migrants. does the law allow that right now? >> reporter: at present it does not allow u.s. military to be interacting with migrants in a way where they would be the custodians of the individuals who are in the united states whether they're asylum seekers which is a lawful processor those who violated immigration laws by crossing into the border. the president can use more militaryt resourcese border

and may be able to use military resources to build these kinds of detention facilities, but again, this is an area where the president's focus, his passion on this issue, controversy surrounding it, butts up against existing law and he's looking for ways to achieve his goals and work within the law, but he's pressing up against the barriers of what is lawful and what is not in a lot of these issues and that is part of the president's fury at the bureaucracy as well and lik oy pathe reason we've seen such a sweeping change in the department of homeland security in recent day. >> can that law, just to give yo a quick civics lesson, could the president change that law without the help of congress or is that a jurisdictional thing? >> reporter: i don't thinke can change what is known -- the law whereithe my cannot engage with civilians in this way in a domestic way, but they

can help with the army corp of engineers and border securityf and moree law enforcement side of this. right now in the compotion of congress, democrats running the house as you pointed out, nancy pelosi the speaker is not going to cooperate with the president to achieve some of these things. th believe it is absolutely improper and argue immoral to do some of this. the president saying there's a isis, we need an answer, and he's trying to certainly put pressure on democrats to awer for some of the struggle that exists at the border and what to do with humanitarian crisis that they describe right now. >> nbc's kelly o'donnell, thank you so much. and look for all of the latest from thebc political teams at the white house and the hill just ahead on nightly news starting at 7:00. thanks. and i'm susan hogan withbr king news. right now the live desk, the consumer products safety commission announcing a massive recallf sleepers.

this comes four days after the mpany says it would not recall of products despite reports numerous death. since the product was first introduced, 30 infants save died in tepers when they rolled stomachir back to their or side while restrained. on monday the company issued a joint warnihe about product but stopped short of a recall. the company saying the pduct met all applicable safety standards but pressure from consumer groups mounded and late this afternoon the recall was announced. if you have one of these rock and play y sleepers, should stop using it immediately and contact fisher price for a full refund. susan, thank you. amazon prepares for its move to crystal city with a major investment. the donations they're making to more than two dozen local schools. a huge honor for a local

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i don't know about you, but my seasonal allergies are drives me crazy. the mold coming in low.nu trees con to run high. weeds reported absent and grass is up to moderate. here's the latest check of storm team 4 radar tracaingered showers and pockets of more

moderate rain out around the luray area. this will continue through the evening hoursnd heavy rain after 10:00 p.m. that moves out by about 6:00 m. more rain impacting your weekend rains. doug and i timing that out coming up in about ten minutes. it's been a scenic spot from nature lovers take a boa o out the po ttomac river. fletcher's kof cove is startingo dryup. today federal and local leaders cut the rib bbon on a new dock, but it's temporary. unless more is done, the same thing is going to happen when the nextig storm comes through and that could leave fletcher's cove land locked. >> i hope that the secreta wi commit to work with us to make sure that the whole area stays usable and friendly for recreation and for wildlife. >> the one thing i can tell you,

the rk service is very committed. we've been here a long time with our partners and we'll give it our best effort. >> the problem is manmade. this is a berm that was created in the 1960s that changed the flow of the it stopped the cove from getting enough water. the park service has already been forced to dredge the cove twice in the past 30 years. >> i was just down there. it is a true challenge. a> now to local special olympics team in the spotlight this week. the basketball program at kenwood middle school in arlington was recentl o named of the top five schools in the entire country. ws 4 aimee cho was there today as the team was recognized. >> thid is the kin of excitement you'd expect at any all-star game. the crowds, the clapping, even the cdboard cutouts. but as this basketball team at ke kenmordle school enjoys star status, they're not

scoring points. they're leveling the playing field for students with ecial needs. >> thank you special olympics for giving us the opportunity to play basketball. i am proud of myself and proud that i will now get to play sports in high school. >> when they join the team, each person gets paire up with a buddy. >> i wanted to get involved because i wanted to help people that wererent from me. >> he's my friend. he takes care of me and stuff. >> the teamwi practicce a week and goes up against oer schools at games. >> it's so fun. you can shoot hoops. >> i just like being there for him. he comes up to me for anything and for any advice. i'm always here for him. >> today the students scoring an award for all they've done. special olympics and espn paying lhe school a visit to give them their nationa banner for creating an environment that includes everyon >> i am proud, so very proud, excited, ecstatic. i can't explain how proud i am.

>> if you're not aware, all of the people or kid with special needs, you should research about it. just be aware. >> when it comes to making everyone feel welcome, students at kenmore have scored a slam dunk. in arlington, aimee cho, news 4. >> congratulations. some program. union market is a place to eat, drink. pretty soon it's also going to be a place to play. when we come right back, how the food hall's roof top is being re-imagined. the first official day on the job and the secretary of the interior talks about fixing

storm team 4 tracking rain that cou heavy at time. >> doug and amelia are going to take a look at the impact on

your weekend in about three minutes. well, it is the first official d f on the job new secretary of interior. his tenure comes as the department fac scrutiny for the delayed response to the monster pothos on thebw park way. today he spoke exclusively to mark segraves. what did the secretary tell but these local roads? >> ejim, all remember those potholes, those hugpotholes along baltimore washington park way and other federal roads. you probably remember the park service slow response to fixing those potholes and the traffic backups that resulted. well, the new sergeant ofri in remembers them too. he told us a that it's problem that's not just limited to our area. >> i think those are an example a a couple different things. first off, we ha tremendous maintenance backlog for the park service and we have in our

budget proposal a proposal toit dealthat on a long-term basis. we have about $12ba billion in log maintenance. we need to work with congress to come up with a better way to manage the asset we have and take care of what we have. it's not just here in th baltimore, washington or gw. it's throughout resources we have. pendle love the parks we need to up our game a little bit across the board. >> we also asked the secretary about the future of rfk stadium. he puntedssaying it was an that still needs to be looked into. >> we never hear that in this town, you know. thanks, mark. all right, doug. here we go. into the weekend. boy, is it getting wet out there tonight. >> some yarareas seeing heavy r. if you're t getting ready head to dinner, i think you've got a litt bit of a dry spell. that's good news. if you're heading to the nationals me, ihink we go two, three innings and that's it. you can see the rain.

there it is rheht. that rain some of it heavy making its way off towards the west, back t bards thee ridge. some shower activity around the waldorf area. all of this is moving from southwest t rtheast. so this is going to move right up i-81 right over towardsfr erick and hagerstown. you're seeing some heavy rain ght now, but you're going to be seeing more as wn move through. let's zoom in and show you what's happening around the frederick area. in through downtown seeing heavy rain right now, right along 15, right along 270 and 70. that's heavy rain. no lightningthere. we are dealing with lightning down to the south back towards the shenandoah valley. that's something we' be tracking coming right back over this same area. we're in the d.c. metrorea. we're n seeing much at all until we get to this. again, you can see the strong storms down to the south. strong storms into pennsylvania. we're in a little bit of a lull in our area, but again, let's zoom on in. i'll show you where this is going to be. this is coming this way. here's the heavy rain in through th shenandoah valley.

here's the rain coming our way and it will be heavy coming right around 7:00, 8:00. let'. stop this this is future weather. look at that. right over downtown. of course we're talking aut natsark. if you're heading to the game, i thinwe're waiting for a delay, if not a cancellation. look at 3:00 a.m. maybe heavier showers and downpours. maybe a rumble of thunder. 6:00 a.m. tomorrow ilmorning, seeing rain. even at 9:00 a.m., we're seeing rain but it clears out h ofe. right now, right now it looks like both saturday afternoon and sunday afternoon are looking okay. absolutely. then when you factor in temperatures running a good 10, almost 15 degrees above normal, all in all we're going to find time this is weekend where it's really nice outside. so here's your weekend planner. 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. the showers are exiting most of the area. maybe still some rain holding on in southern maryland. 61 degrees at that point. 77 at 5:00 with a high mperature tomorrow near 80. i think our high will be 79.

maybe an isolated shower o there tomorrow night. we really think it's looking dry with a mix o clouds and sunshine. starting off sunday morning can't rule out a shower,itut humid throughout the day on sunday for this time of year. 64 degrees to start your sunday with the temperature warming to around 76. the chance for showers out there by the evening hours on sunday th some heavy rain then moving in overnight sunday on into earlyda m morning. the experts at maryfield garden center tell uow is the perfect time to apply a weed preventer before they start coming up with the warmer soil temperatures. here's a look at your weekend outlook. we have a lot of parades going on on saturday including the cherry blossom parade. it'sooking dry a mild. nats game looking dry on saturday. we have sunday brunch. can't rule out a shower. might want to pack that small umbrella. for the most part, you should be okay. then we head to sunday night into monday morning between about 10:00 p.m sunday and

6:00 a.m. monday. heavy rain looking lightly. alsohe potential for strong gusty winds. the wins throughout the atmosphere are just rightma for e an isolated weak tornado, something we'll keep an eye on. somara will be updating theca fo. the most rain falls overnight tonight. >> saturday and sunday afternoon may be okay there. nice and warm for the capitals game. shoulde dry during the gam and maybe even one or two hours before. good to get down there for that game. 65 on monday. tuesday.s on tuesday looks great too. it gets even better. how about this for warm weather? 78 on wednesday. say 80 degrees, that's 80 next thursday. f it's even har me to say. >> we like that. >> i love it. >> say it all yowant. >> 80 next thursday. >> all right. thank you. we'll see you in a bit. ke union m of course already a hot spot for food and beverage options. this s it will become a unique destination for one of

our city's best srts teams. we're talking about the washington castles who this summer will call the roof of the popular northeast d.c. spot home. the plan, putting up a pop-up tennis court right on top there. it will include food and entertainment options and some of the world's greatest players, including venus williams and francis tiafo. hark hines actually thought about that part of the city w wn theyted their original stadium. >> we looked at putting it in the parking lot across the street. we looked at putting it back there and we couldn't figur t ot ho make it work. the problem was no one looked up. >> it just makes so much sense. i cannot wait to get down there. epop-up court will be able to seat 700 people. first match is set for july 15th. some sore muscles in prince george's county this evening. dozens joining us at 5:30 this frningor community boot camp.

molett green was in the group doing a wk out. there's more to come. the county is planning classes to help folk get healthy. >> go, molette. she's been putting everybody to shame. she has rislly gone thence getting everybody in shame. amazon of course just beginning construction on their new headquarters in arlington. >> but the mpany's already making contributions to that area. just ahead, how more than

amazon is givingrants to 100 schools around the country as it hopes to create future t leaders i feels of engineering and robotics. that includes more t tn eazen here in our area, six of them in alexandria the site of the future hq2 at national landing. we visited vcor la elementary. >> we connect to our computer. >> when it comes to stem, or science, telling, engineering and math, alexandria city public schools is working to create leaders of future. using students from the tc williams high school robotics team to inspire the younger kids. the principal at clya k

elementary school where many of the students are economically disadvantaged. te>> i have a lab where students have an opportunity to create, collaborate, communicate, because we're really working hard to create a ecpeline for our students into highfields. >> she says thanks to amazon, hat process will become a lot easier. they were onef six schools awarded a 10,000 grant plus other helpful tools. >> the kids will get access to many different things and professional development for our teachers. >> the company is moving its second headquarters to crystal city and says it's committed to investing in the com >> it's fun to drive it and it's cool watching it. the older students are investing in the younger generation too. >> it'so rewarding to see a problem and then figure out a solution and be really proud of the work you've done. >> it's a commitmentn all levels. make sure all kids, no matter which neighborhood they come re

from, exposed to a career field that has the potential to change the world. in alexandria, meagan fitzgerald, news . >>well, a few showers out there tonight and plenty more fore we wake up tomorrow moving in. i'm leon harris. >> i'm wendyr. rie storm team 4 radar showing a line of storms moving closer to washington. what it means for tonight. the chance of more rain over the weekend. >> a ckdown lifted at the white house after a man tried to set himself on fire there in front of the gate. the latest tonight from the secret service. and there's a new mystery surrounding the death of a well known local philanthropist. neighbors thought it was suicide. now police believe someone else may have killed her. >> announcer: news 4 at 6:00 starts now. let's start with ath 6:00 here w the forecast. we got hit earlier with some of the stuff, theockets of heavier rain moving in for some of you right now. >> is this going to affect the game? hat's this going to do to our

evenin >> i really think it will. the game getting under way at 7:00 as the nationals take on the pirates at nats park. it looks like around 8:00 that rain moves in. i think we get a couple of innings in and then it's don take a look at the rain right now. coming down heavy. this is heavy rain now in and around areas like front royal, back towards winchest up i-81 here. virginia as well as clark counties, western loudon county, frederick county, maryland. not mh around d.c. this area is moving into d.c. what a.m. really watching is this area down here. you can see a lot of thunderstorm activity here. even severe weather earlier. this whole thing is making its way right towards d.c.n, agt's going to be moving right up i-95. should get here around 8:00 tonight. once again, two, two and a half, three innings and that's about it. we'll talk about the other games tomorrow. caps play, nats play. two more games this weekend. i'll bre a it down for. >> and